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# 🔍 Visualize your AL objects in a tree view, filter and navigate directly in VS Code

[Read the post](https://gerardorenteria.blog/2026/05/16/visualize-al-objects-tree-view-filter-navigate-vscode/) · Gerardo Renteria (Gerardo Renteria) · 2026-05-16 · 1202 words · tier community · reviewed (checked by Opus)

> AL Object Visualizer is a VS Code extension that displays AL objects in a filterable tree view with customizable badges and colors, helping developers navigate and manage multiple files across projects efficiently.

## Key points

- Automatically decorates AL files with Unicode badges and colors in the Explorer based on object type
- Groups all workspace objects by type in a statistics panel with configurable folder nesting levels
- Supports real-time text and regex filtering to quickly locate specific AL objects
- Allows direct file opening from filtered results and provides quick picker selection by object type

## Quotes

- "displays all AL objects classified by type in a tree, decorates them with Unicode badges and colors to identify them at a glance" (Core feature enabling quick visual identification of object types across large workspaces)

## Context

- Features: Explorer decorations with badges and colors, Statistics panel with object grouping, Real-time text filtering, Regular expression filtering, Quick Pick selector, Automatic refresh on file save, Configurable folder grouping depth, Customizable badges and colors

Source: Gerardo Renteria, community blog. Summary, key points and quotes are derived (CONTENT-NOTICE.md); read the original for the full text.